Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company

LSE:0Y4Q Stock Report

Market Cap: US$32.0b

Willis Towers Watson Valuation

Is 0Y4Q undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 0Y4Q when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 0Y4Q ($313.8) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($185.1)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 0Y4Q is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 0Y4Q?

Key metric: As 0Y4Q is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for 0Y4Q. This is calculated by dividing 0Y4Q's market cap by their current revenue.
What is 0Y4Q's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio3.3x
SalesUS$9.81b
Market CapUS$31.99b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does 0Y4Q's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for 0Y4Q vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average0.9x
LGEN Legal & General Group
1.1x7.3%UK£13.1b
AV. Aviva
0.5x7.1%UK£12.1b
PRU Prudential
1.9x21.0%UK£16.7b
PHNX Phoenix Group Holdings
0.2x-27.6%UK£5.0b
0Y4Q Willis Towers Watson
3.3x1.9%US$32.0b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: 0Y4Q is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.3x) compared to the peer average (0.9x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does 0Y4Q's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Insurance Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
RQIH R&Q Insurance Holdings
0.001xn/aUS$360.20k
No more companies available in this PS range
0Y4Q 3.3xIndustry Avg. 1.0xNo. of Companies3PS00.61.21.82.43+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: 0Y4Q is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.3x) compared to the European Insurance industry average (1x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 0Y4Q's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

0Y4Q PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio3.3x
Fair PS Ratio1.5x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: 0Y4Q is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst 0Y4Q forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$313.80
US$358.75
+14.3%
7.7%US$400.00US$302.00n/a18
Dec ’25US$322.00
US$335.05
+4.1%
7.9%US$369.00US$262.00n/a19
Nov ’25US$300.90
US$324.79
+7.9%
8.0%US$369.00US$262.00n/a19
Oct ’25US$302.59
US$308.96
+2.1%
7.6%US$365.00US$253.00n/a19
Sep ’25US$291.60
US$309.07
+6.0%
6.3%US$335.00US$253.00n/a19
Aug ’25US$283.84
US$308.59
+8.7%
6.4%US$335.00US$253.00n/a19
Jul ’25US$260.65
US$299.17
+14.8%
6.2%US$329.00US$253.00n/a19
Jun ’25US$254.09
US$298.72
+17.6%
6.2%US$329.00US$253.00n/a19
May ’25US$254.69
US$297.35
+16.8%
6.6%US$329.00US$253.00n/a19
Apr ’25US$275.70
US$292.09
+5.9%
9.2%US$329.00US$236.00n/a19
Mar ’25US$270.60
US$290.35
+7.3%
8.8%US$320.00US$236.00n/a19
Feb ’25US$247.35
US$259.89
+5.1%
10.1%US$316.00US$215.00n/a18
Jan ’25US$240.74
US$248.65
+3.3%
8.0%US$284.00US$210.00n/a17
Dec ’24US$246.46
US$248.65
+0.9%
8.0%US$284.00US$210.00US$322.0017
Nov ’24US$234.89
US$248.65
+5.9%
8.0%US$284.00US$210.00US$300.9017
Oct ’24US$212.43
US$238.94
+12.5%
7.2%US$265.00US$205.00US$302.5917
Sep ’24US$206.44
US$239.24
+15.9%
7.5%US$270.00US$205.00US$291.6017
Aug ’24US$212.43
US$244.53
+15.1%
7.5%US$285.00US$218.00US$283.8417
Jul ’24US$235.33
US$257.82
+9.6%
6.9%US$285.00US$230.00US$260.6517
Jun ’24US$220.28
US$258.25
+17.2%
7.1%US$285.00US$230.00US$254.0916
May ’24US$225.28
US$262.18
+16.4%
7.5%US$302.00US$230.00US$254.6917
Apr ’24US$231.23
US$266.41
+15.2%
7.7%US$303.00US$231.00US$275.7017
Mar ’24US$233.16
US$265.65
+13.9%
8.1%US$303.00US$231.00US$270.6017
Feb ’24US$251.44
US$259.88
+3.4%
8.8%US$303.00US$228.00US$247.3517
Jan ’24US$245.08
US$242.25
-1.2%
10.3%US$302.00US$210.00US$240.7416
Dec ’23US$247.12
US$238.75
-3.4%
8.5%US$288.00US$210.00US$246.4616

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/21 08:26
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company is covered by 36 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Mark MarconBaird
Jay GelbBarclays
Alex ScottBarclays